Top 10 Playoff Playoff Beatdowns (as of end of 2017 season)

[tony]

I'm not sure that NDSU has even delivered 10 playoff curbstompings but however long the list, I think that UNH in 2013 is #1.


NDSU scored 52 unanswered
UNH's only drive was at the very end of the game and they had under 200 yards of offense


Editing as replies come in:

FCS
New Hampshire 2013
Sam Houston 2017
Coastal Carolina 2013
Montana 2015
Richmond 2015
Jacksonville State 2015
Sam Houston 2014
Sam Houston 2012
SDSU 2012

D2
Ashland 1986 50-0
Cal Poly 1990 47-0
UND 1995 41-10 (41 unanswered)
IUP (aka Indiana, PA) 1990 51-11 (5 3rd quarter TDs)
Augustana 1988 49-7 ("Congrats on making the playoffs for the first time! Here, have an ass kicking."\
North Alabama 1985 35-6 (not as close as the score might make it look)
Truman State 1992 42-7 (Simdorn could barely walk and yet the beating was so bad they changed their name)

Bowl Games
Montana 1969 30-3

[Bison 4 Life]

I'm not sure that NDSU has even delivered 10 playoff curbstompings but however long the list, I think that UNH in 2013 is #1.


NDSU scored 52 unanswered
UNH's only drive was at the very end of the game and they had under 200 yards of offense


I'd have to put both Sammy semis up there. They seemed utterly demoralizing.

[gumby013]

Coastal Carolina #1 was a waxing.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=333482449

Sam Houston #4 was also enjoyable.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401003810

[BisonNation11]

Sammy Frisco #2. Anything that could go NDSU's way, did. And they earned it. Fire Drill was my favorite.

GSU #1. Don't remember much about the game itself. Just remember the outcome.

Montana 2015. Just dominated.

JSU Finals 1st half. Most dominant first half in a championship game.

SDSU 2016. 36 unanswered points. Coach Eck couldn't find a rabbit hole big enough to hide in after his jubilation from the trick play to score on 4th down.

[EC8CH]

It's honestly easier to try and remember the close playoff games. There have been so many beatdowns they all start running together.

UNH at least had some drama for the first couple drives where everything was going their way on defense.

#1. Beach Chickens #1 just seemed like a wire to wire ass kicking. Think they had one drive with a couple of long passes, but for a team that came in pumped up over their upset of Montana they were shown to be totally out matched.

#2 Montana felt real similar with the added benefit of the revenge factor. I think Gustoffson threw 4 or 5 picks that game. If it wasn't for the Bunnies at JMU that would look embarrassing.

#3 Last SHSU semifinal. Maybe technically it should be higher than the other two, but by now so many teams have whipped the Bearcats in the playoffs it doesn't feel like something to brag about anymore.

[tony]

Take the first half of Sam Houston #4 (2017) and combine it with the second half of Sam Houston #3 (2014)... ouch.

[BisonAccountant44]

A couple from early in the run to add for consideration.

FCS playoff game #1 - RMU 17 good guys 43. It was the beat down we all expected, but somehow everyone's favorite self-declared expert picked against us.

FCS playoff game #2 - The follow up to RMU, a 42-17 beat down in Bozeman when we were supposed to be underdogs again.

Lehigh - Doubters thought Ryan Spadola would tear us up, but he couldn't keep off of Twitter and was suspended before we shutout a team that came in averaging 35ppg and a ton of offense through the air.

[Professor Chaos]

I'll liked the 2012 SDSU game (home of the original trick play). SDSU came into that 2nd round game confident because 3 weeks prior they had taken NDSU to the wire in the Fargodome losing by only 3 and were coming off a domination of a Jimmy Garappolo led EIU down in Brookings. What made it all the more satisfying is I think most Bison fans, myself included, were a little nervous about it whether they wanted to admit it or not. That was the first time that the big regionalization debate became hot around here since SDSU was likely the best team of the 8 playing that opening weekend but the NDSU players said after the game that they were happy to see SDSU in their bracket since they wanted to squelch any doubts about the ability of each team in relation to each other after that tight regular season game.

In that game SDSU crossed the NDSU 35 yard line exactly once (which was on their 2nd drive of the game) and never even threatened to score after that and the Bison won 28-3.

[BisonNeil]

I'm not sure that NDSU has even delivered 10 playoff curbstompings but however long the list, I think that UNH in 2013 is #1.


NDSU scored 52 unanswered
UNH's only drive was at the very end of the game and they had under 200 yards of offense


Editing as replies come in:

New Hampshire 2013
Sam Houston 2017
Coastal Carolina 2013
Montana 2015
Richmond 2015
Jacksonville State 2015
Sam Houston 2014
Sam Houston 2012
SDSU 2012

The title of this thread suggests to me all time playoff beatdowns, but obviously you are only talking about FCS playoff beatdowns. If DII playoff games were included I would put some of these in as they were much more of a dismantling than some others listed such as Sammy #2 or CC #1 or Sammy in 2014.

Ashland 1986
Augustana 1988
Cal Poly 1990
Indiana (PA) 1990 (natty)
North Alabama 1985 (natty)

[scottietohottie]

2010 Montana State game. At Montana State. That clock could not run fast enough for those bobcats to get off the field. Beat their ass so bad they bought out their trip to Fargo. I never seen a team fold that bad. No one wanted to tackle DJ at the end of the game. They just watched him take it to the house.

42-17 on the road with a Jose Mohler int.

[Hammerhead]

What about San Diego in 2016? It was 21-0 at the half before we started taking it easy on them. At the half, the Toreros had only run 33 plays for 127 yards.

[CaBisonFan]

The Indiana, PA rout was classic Bison.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUOcRe88u4

[VirginiaBison]

The Veer ... love the ole uniforms ... not bad for team that was "struggling at 5-0 at mid season'. Some guy named Phil Hanson making tackles in this game. "When the locust come, they eat everything." Great commentary about Phil Hanson in the last few minutes of this video.

[tuffenuff]

The Indiana, PA rout was classic Bison.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUOcRe88u4

Thanks. That was fun to watch.

[WeAreThePride]

The Indiana, PA rout was classic Bison.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUOcRe88u4

Love it. Bring back the Veer!

[Bisonator98]

Makes me appreciate our current coverage..............until the games start again anyway.:)

[SamsRams]

What about San Diego in 2016? It was 21-0 at the half before we started taking it easy on them. At the half, the Toreros had only run 33 plays for 127 yards.


Both the San Diego games ended up as blowouts.
45-7
38-3

If Coastal was a beatdown then so was the week before 38-3 over Furman

First two playoffs wins
Bob Morris 43-17
Montana State 42-17

Montana was exposed in 2015

And the Towson game for sure. They were never in it. Could’ve put up 60 if they wanted to

[NDSUstudent]

2010 Montana State game. At Montana State. That clock could not run fast enough for those bobcats to get off the field. Beat their ass so bad they bought out their trip to Fargo. I never seen a team fold that bad. No one wanted to tackle DJ at the end of the game. They just watched him take it to the house.

42-17 on the road with a Jose Mohler int.

Yes, that was epic. Brock got hurt, Jose could barely complete a forward pass but it didn't matter...we just ran the ball right down their throat in the second half. One of my favorite Bison road trips.

[LITTLEGUYSINGREEN]

The Indiana, PA rout was classic Bison.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUOcRe88u4

Those teams from the 80's where freakishly good. Most games were epic beatdowns. We rarely stayed past halftime because almost all games were over by then. We would drink schnapps in the student section and usually be drunk by halftime. Glass bottles rained down constantly on the concrete under the student section from kickoff until halftime, by which time most students had left. Most games were so boring we had to find alternative forms of entertainment, like randomly picking someone up and passing them down the line, giving the band shit; including, but not limited to, throwing coins at the tuba sections and chanting "the band drinks milk!" And, of course our favorite, giving Ed Scholtz and unholy amount of shit.

Ahh, the good old days at Dacota Field in the 80's. What a great time to be a student at good ole NDSU.

[semobison]

2011 UNI, our 4th year in the Valley and we were 0-3 against the Panthers. Some nasty games back then with PP getting tossed in 09. I remember feeling relief and satisfaction after we finally beat those SOB's!

[Bison03]

The entire 2013 playoffs were a beatdown of epic proportions. Outscoring our opponents 173-42 and the closest game was a 28 point margin in Frisco.

[VirginiaBison]

The entire 2013 playoffs were a beatdown of epic proportions. Outscoring our opponents 173-42 and the closest game was a 28 point margin in Frisco.

1965 Bison Team was equally as good and dominate!

[semobison]

2011 UNI, our 4th year in the Valley and we were 0-3 against the Panthers. Some nasty games back then with PP getting tossed in 09. I remember feeling relief and satisfaction after we finally beat those SOB's!

Damn...put this in the wrong similar thread...playoffs...GSU 2012, great game

[Scooter1]

I would say the 1990 IUP 3rd quarter was the biggest beat down I have ever seen. Wasnt there 5 td on six plays with about 350 yards offense in those 6 plays? Wow..just wow.

[TAILG8R]

Two favorite quotes from the 1990 IUP broadcast.

“NDSU’s philosophy is all their best athletes play on defense”

“When the locusts come they eat everything!”

[noryan34]

Both the San Diego games ended up as blowouts.
45-7
38-3

If Coastal was a beatdown then so was the week before 38-3 over Furman

First two playoffs wins
Bob Morris 43-17
Montana State 42-17

Montana was exposed in 2015

And the Towson game for sure. They were never in it. Could’ve put up 60 if they wanted to

If you check the yardage on those games as well as score easy to say blowouts. Just not sure where you would put them as they were less a suprise then some of the other games.

The Wofford game from this year has to make the list though. 32 point win and 275+ yard advantage on offense

Funny how we are making points as to why 30-point wins need to be on the Top 10 list of FCS playoff wins. Id say us Bison fans are a tad spoiled. lol

[Bison"FANatic"]

Sam Houston 2014.

The reason being I LOVE the drive at the end of the 3rd beginning of the 4th. It IS Bison football to me!!!

Here we come stop us, again, again, again, again and again and again with a bulldozing of Crockett into the Endzone for the score.

1:40:00 Mark


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G51z6imqN_c

[SamsRams]

Sam Houston 2014.

The reason being I LOVE the drive at the end of the 3rd beginning of the 4th. It IS Bison football to me!!!

Here we come stop us, again, again, again, again and again and again with a bulldozing of Crockett into the Endzone for the score.

1:40:00 Mark


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G51z6imqN_c

There was a play they ran three times in a row where the tight end was covered making him ineligible and Joe Haeg was uncovered making him eligible. SHSU couldn’t figure it out and kept coverage on the tight end. I laugh every time I watch it. It was a foreshadow to the play in the championship game where they threw it to Haeg

[tony]

I was kind of surprised when I went looking for D2 blowouts... there really weren't that many obvious choices beyond the seven listed in the first post.

Then again, NDSU's option attack really lent itself to grinding out the clock. That 31-12 win against UC Davis back in 1985 might not look like much, but that was pretty much a blow out... same as the 1986 game against Central State.

If you consider a blowout any game decided by 28+, then 17.7% of D2 playoff games and 20.2% of FCS games have been blowouts.

[CaBisonFan]

I would say the 1990 IUP 3rd quarter was the biggest beat down I have ever seen. Wasnt there 5 td on six plays with about 350 yards offense in those 6 plays? Wow..just wow.

Yeah...Simdorn, Goettl, TR McDonald, and Satter (among others) did whatever they wanted. The defense also killed them. This was an FCS caliber team at an elite level. They were loaded.

[MankatoBison]

Basically every Sam Houston game outside of the natty in 2011 were absolute bludgeoning.

The most recent game, I was watching at a bar in the cities, and by the end my wife was sobbing by the end screaming "MAKE IT STOP, THEYRE ALREADY DEAAAAAAD! THERE'S SO MUCH BLOOD!!!!"

[CaBisonFan]

I was kind of surprised when I went looking for D2 blowouts... there really weren't that many obvious choices beyond the seven listed in the first post.

Then again, NDSU's option attack really lent itself to grinding out the clock. That 31-12 win against UC Davis back in 1985 might not look like much, but that was pretty much a blow out... same as the 1986 game against Central State.

If you consider a blowout any game decided by 28+, then 17.7% of D2 playoff games and 20.2% of FCS games have been blowouts.Here's the Central State game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daaZvP9ZcLY

[tony]

Here's the Central State game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daaZvP9ZcLY

Nice! I was at that one... Central State was never in it. To their credit, they never quit.

[Bison 4 Life]

Nice! I was at that one... Central State was never in it. To their credit, they never quit.

I'm about 1/2 hour from the campus. They have had an interesting history. Went to NAIA and then dropped football in 97. Only came back a couple years ago to DII.

MVSU coach Rick Comegy coached them to the NAIA National Championship in 95 before they dropped the team.